Clothes-wringer attachment



April l2 1927.

R. L MGCOUBRIE `cLoTnEs vmmcfn T1-Armani Filed March 18,A v1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 April 12 1927. .1,624,419

R. L. MGCOUBRIE CLOTHES WRINGER ATTACHMEN';

Filed March ,18, 1926 2 sums-snee: a

Wouw? Patented Apr. 12, 1927.

UNITED STATES 1,624,419` PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT LEE MccoUBRIE, 0E PHIEADELISHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTHES-warnen?. ATTACHMENT.

Application filed March 18, 1926. Serial No. 95,608.

This invention. relates to an attachment for clothes wringers whereby the clothes may be'guided and fed into the rolls wit-hout endangering the hands of the operator;

The principal object of the invention is the provision of means by which the washed clothes of any bulk may be readily and safely guided and pushed to the wringer so as to be positively gripped by the rolls without making it necessary'for t-he hands or iingers of the operator coming into proximity thereto.

Another important object of the in vent-ion is the provision of guide tables which are so adjustable as to serve both as a guide to `clothes entering the rolls, and for water running'from the rolls, the tables being adjustable and interchangeable.

'Io this end the invention contemplates the attachment to a clothes wringer of the usual type of two pairs of brackets, one on each side of the rolls, yand to the wringer frame so as to support on one side ofthe wringer a table in substantially horizontal position and approximately at or just below the meeting faces of the rolls. This table is provided to support the clothes being fed to the wringer. A pusher device straddles this table and is free to moveboth toward and away from the rolls and also vertically away from the table. The operator feeds the clothes by means of the pusher toward the rollswhere they are gripped and the water squeezed therefrom.

At the other side of the wringer rolls is a like pair of brackets supporting a similar table except that it occupies a position beneath the rolls and inclined downwardly so as to catch and direct the water dropping from the rolls into a tub or other receptacle and yet in such a position as not to interfere with the wrung or dry clothes.

The invention further consists in the novel arrangement, combination and construction of parts hereafter described and shown in the drawings.

In these drawings Fig. 1 is a side elevation of one embodiment of my invention.

Fig. 2 is aplan view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail of the table supporting mechanism along the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a detail of the table.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view of the table.

Referring now to the embodiment shown, l 65 represents a wringer frame in which rolls 2 are journalled in the ordinary manner and to which no claim is made.

Secured to the frame 1 is a pair of brackets 3 and 4 of approximately triangular configu 70 ration, the` upper edge of which occupies a substantially lhorizontal position. The `upper cornerof these brackets near the wringer rolls 2 is provided with a ledge or -seat 5.

A table is rprovided having a supporting surface 6 and having raised edges 7 to keep the clothes fed to the rolls from sliding therefrom` and actingk asa guide therefor.

Beneath one longitudinal edge of the table I provide brackets 8 which slidably support 80 stub rods 9. `One end of each rod rides in an angular slot 11 in table supporting brackets 3 and 4, and each rod is provided with a collar 12 held on said rod by a pin 13. A

coil spring 14 encircling the rod 9 is placed 35 bet-Ween a bracket 8 and a collar 12. The spring being under compression, pushes` against 'collar 12 which keeps rod 9 in the hole 9a near end of slot 11. Lugs 15 attached to rods 9 may be grasped by the op- 90 erator and when made to approach each other, rods 9 are drawn out of holes 9a so that the rods may be moved in slots 11.

It will thus be lnoted that a table 6 may be supported at the feed side of a wringing machine at its front longitudinal edge by rods 9 seated at their ends in the holes 9a close to the ends of the slots 11 in brackets 3 and 4 and at its corners opposite said edge on seats 5. In this position clothes to be wrung out may be placed and fed as desired. Inasmuch as that edge of the table G nearest the rolls 2 may be readily moved upward, no undesirable consequences such as tearing the clothes will result should they wrap around the lower roll and approach the roll juncture from beneath the table.

I have found a convenient and satisfactory device for feeding the clothes to consist of a pusher element 16 having guides 110 17 secured to its edges in such a manner that the pusher extends upward in prefer- `clothes being ejected there troni.

ably an inclined position. The pusher' 1G may be provided with a hand `grip or hold as at 18 for the convenience of the operator. The guides 1T extend downwardly through a space between the lateral edge ot the table (i, and the b ackets 23 and Ll. These guides are preferably ot' considerable extent so as to accommodate clothes ot varying bulk without causing the guides to leave their slots. It is to be noted that the pusher rests on the table by its own weight so that clothes gripped by the rolls may be pulled beneath the pusher moving that nieniber readily upward even Without attention ot the operator. A foot 19 is provided at each side of the ipnsher in order to assist in holding the device upright.

On that side ot the wringer troni which the dried clothes are normally ejected, ,l provide a pair ot brackets and a table identil eal in all respects to these parts already described. rllhe table 2t), however, on this side `o't' the machine, occupiers a position directly beneath the rolls but out ot thc uay ot The table 2O is `niade to assume this position by causingthe lugs l5 to alpnproach each other, thus drawing;l `rods out of hole El and allowing thorn to ride in the slot, and then pushing1 the table toward the wringcr until the ends `ot the rods t) occupy a position at the tarlthest end ot the slots ll.

ln this position, theopposite longitudinal edge ot' the table 2t) rests on the chute 2l usually provided in wringing machines. In this position it will be seen that water dripping from the rolls 2 will be caught by the table 2U and directed `into a tub or other receptacle placed beneath the appropriate chute 2l, a clothes basket 22 catching the clothes troni the other chute.

The part Ll of the bracket is made somewhat thicker than the web 3 `and the hole 9 is made in this thickened portion into which the ends o the rods S) are soeketed.

ln order to pivot the table downwardly past the supportingr ledges 5 the handles l5 are made to approach each other whereupon the ent-ire table may be removed backwards toward the operator suiiieiently to have the 'loi-ward edges ot the table clear the ledges 5.

Ubviously either table may be niade -to occupy any position intermediate the positions shown, by proper manipulation ol the lugs l5.

Having thus described my invention, what l, claim is zi. In eonibination, a clothes Wringer having;- rolls, a clothes supportinig,l table at approxiinately the level o't the rolls, and means to feed clothes while supported onisaid table comprising' a pusher element having guides straddlingn said table.

2. ln combination, a clothes wringer haring rolls, a clothes supporting table at approximately the level ot' the rolls, and means to 'leed clothesI while supported `on said table comprising` a pusher element having guides straddling said table, and capable ol tree vertical niovenient.

3. ln con'lbination, a clothes wringer having rolls, a clothes supporting table therefor, brackets at each side of the table, a ledge in proximity to said rolls, that longitudinal edge o't the table nearest the rolls resting by gravity on said ledge, the tablelbeing pivotally supported in said brackets at the opposite edge.

In testimony whereof, I atlix my signature. y

ROBERT LEE MUGOUBRIE. 

